{"id":5426,"date":"2019-01-15T14:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T19:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=5426"},"modified":"2020-05-07T12:34:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T16:34:55","slug":"dont-alpaca-your-bags-for-lima-tech-stops-forbidden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/dont-alpaca-your-bags-for-lima-tech-stops-forbidden\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t alpaca your bags for Lima \u2013 tech stops forbidden!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5431\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5431\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5431\" src=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-19.03.36-300x182.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-19.03.36-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-19.03.36-768x466.png 768w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-19.03.36-1024x622.png 1024w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-19.03.36-676x410.png 676w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-19.03.36.png 1206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What the expanded airport should have looked like in 2018.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For 10 years SPJC\/Lima\u2019s Jorge Chavez airport has been desperately waiting <a href=\"https:\/\/airlinegeeks.com\/2018\/07\/09\/perus-biggest-airport-is-waiting-for-a-major-revamp-but-this-is-long-overdue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">for a promised US$1.5bn expansion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/fraport-traffic-figures--july-2018-growth-continues-unabated-300695441.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rapid growth in the airline industry in Peru<\/a> over the past few years, it seems the airport authorities are starting to struggle to provide enough capacity, and they are now trying to make it as difficult as possible for anything other than the commercial airlines to operate there!<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AIC-10-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AIC (10\/18)<\/a>, which has been in effect since Aug 2018, the airport has said that <strong>no more technical stops will be permitted<\/strong> at the airport. It also outlines <strong>significant slot\/time restrictions for GA\/BA operations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4>Why they are doing it?<\/h4>\n<p>According to the AIC:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIn order to optimize the use of airport resources, ensure the safe provision of air traffic services and ensure the balance between demand and available capacity, the DGAC has been implementing capacity management measures.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can find the full information <a href=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AIC-10-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0but we have listed the main operational details below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tech stops are \u201cforbidden\u201d<\/strong> for \u201ccommercial flights and general, national and international aviation\u201d effective 15 August 18.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maximum stay of 2 hours on the civil apron for GA\/BA flights.<\/strong> This is counted \u201cfrom the time of placing chocks.\u201d After two hours, the aircraft must be transferred to another apron, parking area for aircraft or hangar, or must go to a suitable alternate airport. The recommended airport to re-position to is <strong>SPSO\/Pisco<\/strong>. It has an ILS and a 9900\u2019\/3000m runway. It is 115nm away, and open H24.<\/li>\n<li><strong>General aviation flights are limited to two operating periods every day.<\/strong> \u201cFlights must perform their take-off and landing\u201d between<strong>\u00a00000L-0430L (0500UTC-0930UTC)<\/strong> <strong>or<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>1300L-1859L [<\/strong><strong>1800UTC-2359UTC ]<\/strong>. The<strong>\u00a02-hour maximum ground time still applies,<\/strong> and coordination of ground services should be pre-planned in advance to comply.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For <strong>non-scheduled flights<\/strong>, they&#8217;ve issued a NOTAM restricting all ops to between\u00a0<strong>1100-2000L\u00a0(1600-0100Z) or 2300-0800L\u00a0 (0400-1300Z)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>A1822\/19<\/strong> &#8211; IN ORDER TO REDUCE TFC CONGESTION, NON-SCHEDULE FLIGHTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ARRIVE IN SPJC DURING THIS BLOCK OF TIME. STS EMER,SAR,HUM,HOSP,MEDEVAC AND STATE ARE EXCLUDED. DLY BTN 0100-0400 AND 1300-1600, 04 APR 01:00 2019 UNTIL 31 JUL 16:00 2019 ESTIMATED. CREATED: 03 APR 23:28 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The authorities seem intent on enforcing these rules. One local handler has told us &#8211; &#8220;The\u00a0Peruvian FAA is being very strict with the AIC. They are rejecting landing permit requests for fuel stops at SPJC.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you have any further knowledge or recent experience to share, please\u00a0<strong><a href=\"mailto:team@flightservice.org\">let us know<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Extra Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/airlinegeeks.com\/2018\/07\/09\/perus-biggest-airport-is-waiting-for-a-major-revamp-but-this-is-long-overdue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peru\u2019s Biggest Airport Continues Waiting for Long Overdue Expansion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnamericas.com\/en\/news\/infrastructure\/lima-airport-expansion-faces-further-delays1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lima airport expansion faces further delays<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corpac.gob.pe\/Main.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CORPAC SA (AIP etc)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 10 years SPJC\/Lima\u2019s Jorge Chavez airport has been desperately waiting for a promised US$1.5bn&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":5443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,319],"tags":[676,688,1249,1250],"class_list":{"0":"post-5426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-briefings","8":"category-news-item","9":"tag-lima","10":"tag-slots","11":"tag-spjc","12":"tag-techstop"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5426"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7092,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5426\/revisions\/7092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}